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M. C. STEARNS. CUFF BUTTON.

APPLICATION FILED FEB- 24.19l9.

Patented Oct. 21, 1919.

7,7 A TTORNEYS MARCUS C. STEARNS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

' CUFF-BUTTON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented oce'zi; 1919.

Application filed February 24, 1919. Serial No. 278,660.

is shown a cuff button orioufi' fastener for.

use with soft or French cuffs, which will permit the wearing edge of such cuffs to be changed so as to expose a clean surface at the edge and so as to permit the sleeve.

length to be changed. The device shown in said patent permits only a single change to be made in the fold of the cuff and therefore restricts the change of sleeve length and confines the wear on the cuff to oneor the other of the two edges presented for wear according to the mode of use of the button or fastener. The purpose of the present invention is to provide an improved button or fastener which will permit the cuff to be rolled or folded to any desired extent between limits, so that the sleeve length can be regulated exactly as desired within limits, or, if desired, the position of the fold or roll can be shifted so as to prevent continuous wear on one line. In accordance with the invention, one or both of the button heads is or aremounted slidably on the corresponding arm or arms of the U-shaped con.- nector and such arms, moreover, may have a swinging relation. Thereby the relative positions of the two button heads can be changed as desired and the fold of the cuff changed correspondingly. The invention will .be more fully explained hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawing in which it is illustrated, and in which- Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of a soft cufl with a portion of the sleeve to which it is attached, the cuff being shown as turned over somewhat less than usual so that the two button-holes at each end are not in line.

Fig. 2 is an edge View as seen from the right hand in Fig. 1, partly in section.

Figs. 3, 4. and 5 are detail views showing one form of the improved fastener.

Figs. 6 and 7 are detail views illustrating a modified form.

Fig. 8 is a detail View showing the takeapart feature.

Figs. 9 and 10 show further modifiedforms. 7

Fig. 11 is a detail view in section of the construction shown in Fig. 10.

The soft or French cufi, such as that with which the improved fastener is intended to cooperate, comprises a standing part a, which is stitched to the shirt sleeve and a turned-over part 'b. In the standing part a, at each end, is a button-hole c and in the turned-over part b, at each end, is a button-hole cl. Usually the cuff is turned over, or rolled, or folded so that the buttonholes 0, d, at each end, are in line or registration with each other, and in that case the ordinary button or fastener has its head, at each end, passed through the two registering buttonholes, the two heads being joined by a link or other connector which passes through the button-holes. When the cuff is worn in this manner the edge which is constantly exposed becomes soiled quickly and moreover, being subject always to wear along the same line, wears through, as to the outer fabric, before the main body of the cufi shows appreciable wear. The fastener shown in the Letters Patent above mentioned made it possible for the cuff to be turned or rolled or folded over on a different line, but on one different line only, with the button-holes at each end out of registration. By the present invention provision is made whereby the cuff can be turned or rolled or folded on any line between extremes. In the construction shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, each button head 6 is mounted slidably on the corresponding arm 7, f of the connector. As shown the connector arm is T-shaped in cross section and is lightly grooved transversely or serrated, as at 7, while the stem 6 of the button head is formed to embrace the arm and is provided with a spring-pressed detent 6 so that the button head can be shifted readily from one position to another but will be held in adjusted position against, any accidental movement. The two arms f, f of the connector are pivotally united, as at 7, and are extended beyond the pivot on both sides so that the extentlof relative dis placement of the two button headscan be varied between the extremes indicated in Fig. 3 and, through the engagement of one button head with the button-hole 0 and the other button head with the button-hole rZ, the cuff can be turned or rolled or folded on any line within the extremes indicated, the edges of the standing part being engaged between the two arms.

The form of the fastener shown in Figs. 6 and 7 is substantially the same as that shown in Figs. 3, 4 and 5, except that the arms 7, f are channeled to receive the enlarged end e of the shank of the button head.

As shown in Fig. 8, the channel 7" may be enlarged, as at 7, to permit the substitution of one button for another.

In the construction shown in Figs. 3 and 6 both arms of the connector are shown as extended beyond the pivot in both directions, but as shown in Fig. 9, at f and i the two arms may be extended only to the point. of pivotal connection.

In F ig. 10, the two arms f f are shown as rigidly connected, with the button heads 6 adjustable thereonsubstantially as shown in Fig. 3 and adapted'to be held in adjusted position as shown in Fig. 11.

Various other modifications in details of construction will readily suggest themselves.

I claim as my invention:

'1. A cuff button or fastener for a soft or French cuff, comprising two connected, parallel arms, adapted to engage between them the edges of the standing part of the cuff, and a button head mounted slidably on one of said arms.

2. A cuff button or fastener for a soft or French cufi, comprising two arms pivotally connected in parallel planes, and a button head mounted slidably on one of said arms.

3. A cuff button or fastener for a soft or French cuff, comprising two connected, parallel arms, adapted to engage between them the edges of the standing part of the cuff, a button head mounted slidably on one of said arms, and means to retain the button head in" adjusted position.

This specification signed this 19th day of February, A. D. 1919.

MARCUS C. STEARNS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0. 

